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Earth’s extensive igneous provinces.
(a) Plateau basalts form large igneous provinces across the globe.
Many are ancient and inactive.
The largest known is the Ontong Java Plateau, which covers nearly 2 million km 2 (0.8 million mi2 ) on the Pacific Ocean floor.
Black dots are areas of ancient volcanism along continental margins.
(b) In the foreground are plateau (flood) basalts characteristic of the Columbia Plateau in Oregon.
Mount Hood, in the background to the west of the plateau, is a composite volcano
Elemental Geosystmes - Christopherson (8th) - 361page
Large basalt provinces
Global distribution of large basalt provinces.
Earth - An Introduction To Physical Geology By Frederick K. Lutgens (11th) (2013) Pearson - 189page
출처 : Exploring Physical Geography by Stephen J. Reynolds (The McGraw-Hill) (2015) - 351page
인도 데칸고원의 Ellora Caves
출처 : Earth Science - The Earth, The Atmosphere, and Space by Stephen Marshak (2017)-146page
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